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Lepidoblepharis ruthveni

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Species of lizard

Lepidoblepharis ruthveni
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Lepidoblepharis
Species: L. ruthveni
Binomial name
Lepidoblepharis ruthveni
Parker, 1926

Lepidoblepharis ruthveni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, ruthveni, is in honor of American herpetologist Alexander Grant Ruthven.

Geographic range

L. ruthveni is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. ruthveni is forest.

Reproduction

L. ruthveni is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Rivas G, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Caicedo J, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas P (2015). "Lepidoblepharis ruthveni (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44579436A115388686. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44579436A44579439.en. Downloaded on 19 February 2019.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidoblepharis ruthveni, p. 230).
  3. ^ Lepidoblepharis ruthveni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 October 2015.

Further reading

  • Parker HW (1926). "The Neotropical Lizards of the Genera Lepidoblepharis, Pseudogonatodes, Lanthrogecko, and Sphaerodactylus, with the Description of a new Genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 17: 291–301. (Lepidoblepharis ruthveni, new species, p. 295).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidoblepharis ruthveni, p. 90). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Lepidoblepharis ruthveni


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